As the outbreak of
COVID-19 presents growing and unprecedented challenges for organizers
nationwide, Peace Developement Fund’s De Colores Rapid Response Fund, designed
for strategic intervention in movement moments like this, offers grants of $500
to $1,000 to grassroots organizations working to make positive community
interventions through strategic, organizing-focused approaches, especially in
marginalized communities of color and working class communities.
De Colores Fund will respond to the cultural, social
and economic challenges posed by COVID – 19. The fund is not designed to
support budget shortfalls or direct services; they are small, strategic moment
grants aimed at building community resilience.
De Colores RRF is
looking to impact positive, dynamic-shifting opportunities, rather than provide
emergency response for humanitarian crises or technical assistance. It is
designed to make funds available for quick, short-term delivery to hot spots of
opportunity for organizing in marginalized urban and rural communities.
Criteria
Criteria for grants
from the fund include:
- Organizing
in U.S. grassroots communities, with a focus on communities of color, poor
and working class;
- Opportunities
for strategic intervention (i.e. Ferguson and Baltimore moments);
- Opportunities
to impact new and strategic shifts (i.e. Occupy); and
- Opportunities
to amplify the effects of in-the-moment issues (i.e. Hurricane Maria or
#MeToo). The event or situation you are responding to was unanticipated
and requires urgent action that is well thought out with clear goals and
desired outcomes.
How it Works
- Proposals
are accepted all year, and reviewed regularly.
- Groups
will be notified within one to three weeks and checks will be mailed the
following week.
- Grants
are in the $500 to $1,000 range.
- Applications
are accepted from coalitions, organizations and non-501(c)(3) groups, but
not to fund individual efforts.
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will prioritize organizations with budgets under $250,000 with limited
access to philanthropic resources.
- Project
budget should be less than $5,000.
This fund does not support:
- Groups
based outside the U.S.
- Budget
shortfalls
- Ongoing,
regularly scheduled programs
- Start-up
or general operating costs
- Previously
planned or long-term campaigns
- Charity
benefits
- Direct
service
Post Date - 25-Mar-2020